Interesting... Brilliant if it works and keeps the annoying people out and sales don’t drop.
Sounds like a good plan to keep out the people who will never actually buy anything.
Good policy.
The pet store is in business to sell things and not to be a petting zoo and free entertainment for the kids of deadbeat parents.
Let the people that have money and are willing to spend it have clear access to the store.
She says that's when crowds were becoming chaotic and bothering customers who were there to shop.
I'll say it => Do they wear hoodies?
I've always discovered that businesses that think they are theme parks don't need my business.
Other businesses in the same industry will always let me browse their merchandise and services for free and those are the ones that get my money.
When I visited Florida in the 1990s, it was free for locals to do a number of things (including go to the city zoo) but out of staters had to pay to get in.
Somehow they don’t like it when someone does it to one of their own.
the headline sounds ridiculous but the way its explained makes it sound okay
The malls in Miami and Boston area charged for parking yet if you bought something, you could get some or all of your parking fee validated/comped.
Sounds like a very clever maneuver to keep the uncivilized “N” word number manageable.
In the city you no longer can leave your garage door open because as soon as you leave the beautiful people with royal like privilege walk right in to take inventory.
When you challenge them they innocently say ‘I thought you were having a garage sale’.
Wait until the local school kids instigate a flash mob.
MMmm—anyway to separate a section just for petting? Should approach it as bring your kids for free petting and get a discount coupon for a purchase. Give your potential customers a reason to come for free and maybe they feel obliged to purchase something. I works on me very often—just saying...
If it were my business, they’d probably get charged a $10 cover fee. IF they were well behaved, it would be refunded when leaving. First sign of “trouble” and they would more than likely find a size nine shoe up their wazoo. Animals don’t need a lot of noise, aggravation, and disruption. I only have cats, dogs, and horses to deal with, and having no kids of my own, I am on pins and needles when someone with kids does visit. My animals are my “furbabies” and as usual, kids will be kids. They want to play, pet, and cuddle with them. Some of them (kids) have NO idea how to behave with or around animals since they have none of their own. I have had to admonish kids a few times when pulling tails, or ears, only to have parents that get PO’d at me. I just plainly tell them....the animals live here....YOU don’t.
Is this a pet store? I have been in pet stores hundreds of times in my life but have never bought anything there. Just a “free zoo” distraction if you have your kids to the mall. I can kind of see where they are going here.
I’m thinking the ulterior motive is cutting down on the inventory loss out the door !!!
anti-riff-raff fee. I like it.